23 Macbeth Act 5 Scene 4 Full Commentary and Analysis
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This video is a line-by-line walkthrough guide for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act 5, Scene 4.
I provide a close reading of the entire scene, including:
— Detailed explication
— Commentary
— Literary analysis
All commentary is supplemented by in-text, line-by-line study notes designed to help students:
— Prepare for GCSE, A-Level, IB, and AP evaluation
— Prepare for general high school and college quizzes, exams, and essays
— Generate ideas for analysis essays
— Participate knowledgeably in class discussions
Click here to download the annotated text of Macbeth: https://sites.google.com/view/shakespeare-walkthrough/home
This video discusses :
PLOT:
— Macbeth is alone in his castle
— Servant announces that 10,00 troops are approaching
— Macbeth lashes out at servant (desperation of the bully); vows to fight till the end
— Doctor announces that Lady Macbeth suffers a mental affliction
— Macbeth asks if the doctor can cure mental illness, implying his own; doctor says no and Macbeth lashes out at him
— Increasingly desperate Macbeth clings to witches prophesies/equivocations
CHARACTER:
— Macbeth: desperate; nihilistic; self-deluded; bully; scapegoating; isolated; depressed; return to physical bravery, minus the love and honour he enjoyed for his service and sacrifice
THEME:
— Scapegoating; frightened people turn bully
— Projection: we see what we want to see; Macbeth clings to the lies he knows are lies but wants to believe
— Nihilism; let the world burn; the Joker
— Alienation from self and from society leads to depression; without sources of positive emotion (“honour, love, obedience, troops of friends”), we are vulnerable
— Redemption question: alienation, pity, genuine pain = redemption?
—Appearance vs reality: Macbeth’s entire world is composed of nothing but lies = wasteland
— Nihilism: let myself/society burn; suicidal abandon; the Joker
— Wasteland: Scotland as diseased
See also my tips on reading Shakespeare’s LANGUAGE: https://dai.ly/x80qtdh
You might also find my Romeo and Juliet series interesting: https://dai.ly/x80qt0r
This video is a line-by-line walkthrough guide for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act 5, Scene 4.
I provide a close reading of the entire scene, including:
— Detailed explication
— Commentary
— Literary analysis
All commentary is supplemented by in-text, line-by-line study notes designed to help students:
— Prepare for GCSE, A-Level, IB, and AP evaluation
— Prepare for general high school and college quizzes, exams, and essays
— Generate ideas for analysis essays
— Participate knowledgeably in class discussions
Click here to download the annotated text of Macbeth: https://sites.google.com/view/shakespeare-walkthrough/home
This video discusses :
PLOT:
— Macbeth is alone in his castle
— Servant announces that 10,00 troops are approaching
— Macbeth lashes out at servant (desperation of the bully); vows to fight till the end
— Doctor announces that Lady Macbeth suffers a mental affliction
— Macbeth asks if the doctor can cure mental illness, implying his own; doctor says no and Macbeth lashes out at him
— Increasingly desperate Macbeth clings to witches prophesies/equivocations
CHARACTER:
— Macbeth: desperate; nihilistic; self-deluded; bully; scapegoating; isolated; depressed; return to physical bravery, minus the love and honour he enjoyed for his service and sacrifice
THEME:
— Scapegoating; frightened people turn bully
— Projection: we see what we want to see; Macbeth clings to the lies he knows are lies but wants to believe
— Nihilism; let the world burn; the Joker
— Alienation from self and from society leads to depression; without sources of positive emotion (“honour, love, obedience, troops of friends”), we are vulnerable
— Redemption question: alienation, pity, genuine pain = redemption?
—Appearance vs reality: Macbeth’s entire world is composed of nothing but lies = wasteland
— Nihilism: let myself/society burn; suicidal abandon; the Joker
— Wasteland: Scotland as diseased
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